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Maurice Woods is a Actor American born on 28 may 1938
Maurice Woods (28 May 1938 - 1 November 1983) was an American actor.
He was an actor, known for Trading Places (1983), Attica (1980) and Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982)
Away from the film industry, Woods was seen in many Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway productions, such as “The Last Street Play”.
On 1 November 1983, Woods died of cancer, in the Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan. He was aged 45. He was survived by his wife, Lauren Woods and their two children, Niger and Patricia.
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He was an actor, known for Trading Places (1983), Attica (1980) and Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982)
Away from the film industry, Woods was seen in many Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway productions, such as “The Last Street Play”.
On 1 November 1983, Woods died of cancer, in the Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan. He was aged 45. He was survived by his wife, Lauren Woods and their two children, Niger and Patricia.
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Trading Places (1983)
, 1h54Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis
Roles Duke & Duke Employee
Rating74%
Duke brothers Randolph (Ralph Bellamy) and Mortimer (Don Ameche) own a successful commodities brokerage in Philadelphia. Holding opposing views on the issue of nature versus nurture, they make a wager of the "usual amount" and agree to conduct an experiment switching the lives of two people at opposite sides of the social hierarchy and observing the results. They witness an encounter between their managing director—the well-mannered and educated Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd), engaged to the Dukes' grand-niece Penelope—and a poor street hustler named Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy); Valentine is arrested at Winthorpe's insistence because of a suspected robbery attempt. The Dukes decide to use the two men for their experiment.
Will: G. Gordon Liddy (1982)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Lieberman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Conrad, John Byner, John Mahoney, Danny Lloyd, Katherine Cannon, James Rebhorn
Roles Copperhead
Rating69%
The film follows the rise and fall of convicted Watergate co-conspirator G. Gordon Liddy. Robert Conrad is cast as the adult Liddy, who is sentenced to 20 years in prison. The film follows the hero through the four and half years he spent behind bars. While in prison, the film portrays Liddy as capable and able to match up to any man in the prison. The film includes several famous details from Liddy's 1980 autobiography including the legendary "hand held over the burning flame," and Liddy's oath, "I will kill for you, Mr. President.
Attica (1980)
, 1h37Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Prison films
Actors Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani, Morgan Freeman, Maurice Woods, George Grizzard
Roles Shebani Lumumba
Rating64%
Les coulisses des 1971 prisonniers révolte à la prison de l'Attique.
Coriolanus (1979)
Directed by Wilford Leach
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Gloria Foster, Roscoe Orman, Morgan Freeman, Earle Hyman, Maurice Woods, Keith David
Roles Agrippa
Rating67%
Une famille indienne est expulsée de l'Ouganda quand Idi Amin prend le pouvoir. Ils se déplacent dans le Mississippi et le temps passe. La fille indienne tombe en amour avec un homme noir, et les familles respectives ont à se réconcilier avec elle.